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The Cancer Support Community (CSC) focuses on three areas of support: direct service delivery, research, and advocacy. The organization includes an international network of Affiliates that offer social and emotional support for people impacted by cancer , as well as a community of support available online and over the phone.
In medicine, a family history (FH or FHx) consists of information about disorders of direct blood relatives of the patient. [1] Genealogy typically includes very little of the medical history of the family , but the medical history could be considered a specific subset of the total history of a family.
Consequently, this could mean that a person moves to live with the caregiver, or the caregiver moves to live with the person. [18] It is also possible that the caregiver only visits occasionally or is able to provide support remotely, or that the person who needs care is able to travel to the caregiver to get it. [18]
Cancer support groups can provide both emotional and informational support. However, many online cancer support groups skew towards providing more informational support. [4] For example, cancer support groups may also share information regarding available treatments, managing side effects, or negotiating accommodations from a workplace.
Patient advocacy, as a hospital-based practice, grew out of this patient rights movement: patient advocates (often called patient representatives) were needed to protect and enhance the rights of patients at a time when hospital stays were long and acute conditions—heart disease, stroke and cancer—contributed to the boom in hospital growth.
In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic. Members with the same issues can come together for sharing coping strategies, to feel more empowered and for a sense of community.
As the siblings support each other, Dave said his sister’s humor has been a source of support. “My sister was a registered nurse, and so she’s seen this from different optics than I have.
Imerman Angels is a non-profit organization that aims to provide personalized connections with a focus on one-on-one support. The organization connects cancer fighters, survivors and caregivers through a database composed of volunteered survivors. [4]